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An interpreted data source is a tabular data source that is regarded by SOAtest as a relational representation repre-sentation of a Java object graph. An interpreted data source can be used to facilitate creation of multiple Java objects and object graphs that can be used as as test parameter inputs by the EJB Client Tool and other SOAtest tools. For more information on the EJB Client tool, see see EJB Client.

Generating a Data Source from the fields of a Java Bean

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Do one of the following:
- For test suite level data sources, select the desired test suite node and click the Add Database toolbar button Image Removed. toolbar button.
  
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- For project level data sources, right-click the related project’s Test Case Explorer node, then choose Add New > New> Data Source.
- For global level data sources, right-click the Test Case Explorer’s Global Data Sources node, then choose Add New > New> Data Source.
Select Bean Wizard and click Next. The Bean Wizard dialog appears dialog displays.
Complete the following options in the Bean Wizard dialog:
- Destination Type: Select the type of table template you would like to create from the drop-down menu.
- Destination Directory: Specify where the tables will be written.
- Write Over Existing Files: Specify whether you want to overwrite existing files.
- Java Class: Specify the class for which you would like to create a tabular representation.
- Trace Dependencies: Select either Yes or No for trace dependencies. Selecting Yes prompts SOAtest to generate tables for types of class member variables “reachable” from the “root” class that you specified in the Java Class field.
Click the Next button. The Dependencies dialog appears dialog displays.
Select the desired type dependencies from the Generate Table for Classes list.
Click the Finish button to generate the tables. The tables will be created in the designated directory and a data source for each file will be added to the test suite you selected.

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As an example, let us consider an object graph with CreditCardDO as a root. CreditCardDO contains instances of PersonDOand AddressDO and a Vector of ActivityDO type objects.

public class CreditCardDO extends PaymentMethodDO implements Serializable
{
    protected String ccNumber;    
    protected Date expirationDate;
    protected PersonDO ccHolder;
    protected AddressDO billingAddress;
    protected Vector recentActivity = new Vector();
  
    // set…()/get…() methods omitted
}
public class PaymentMethodDO implements Serializable {
    protected String bankName;
  
    // set…()/get…() methods omitted
}
public class AddressDO implements Serializable {
    protected String streetAddress;    
    protected String city;
    protected int zipCode;
    protected String state;
  
    // set…()/get…() methods omitted
}
public class PersonDO implements Serializable {
    protected String firstName;
    protected String lastName;
  
    // set…()/get…() methods omitted
}
public class ActivityDO implements Serializable {
    private float amount;
    private String description;
  
    // set…()/get…() methods omitted
}

The following tables illustrate how the above object graph example can be represented in tabular format:
Table CreditCardDO.csv

^{soatest.examples.CreditCardDO}

^bankName

^{billingAddress ref}

^{ccHolder ref}

^ccNumber

^{expirationDate}

^{recentActivityref}

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^SampleBank

^{AddressDO 1}

^{PersonDO 1}

^{1234123412341}

²³⁴

^8/31/2005

^{RecentActivities-1}

Table AddressDO.csv

^{soatest.examples.AddressDO}	^city	^state	^{streetAddress}	^zipCode
¹	^{Los Angeles}	^CA	^{101 E. Huntington Dr.}	⁹¹⁰¹⁶

Table PersonDO.csv

^{soatest.examples.PersonDO}	^firstName	^lastName
¹	^Donald	^Duck

Table ActivityDO.csv

^{soatest.examples.ActivityDO}	^amount	^description
^{soatest.examples.ActivityDO}	^amount	^description
¹	¹⁰	^{10 Charge-10}
²	²⁰	^{20 Charge-20}
³	³⁰	^{30 Charge-30}
⁴	⁴⁰	^{40 Charge-40}
⁵	⁵⁰	^{50 Charge-50}
⁶	⁶⁰	^{60 Charge-60}
⁷	⁷⁰	^{70 Charge-70}
⁸	⁸⁰	^{80 Charge-80}
⁹	⁹⁰	^{90 Charge-90}
¹⁰	¹⁰⁰	^{100 Charge-100}

Table RecentActivities-1.csv

^{ActivityDO ref}
^{ActivityDO 1}
^{ActivityDO 2}
^{ActivityDO 3}

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